Swati Pandey

US President Donald Trump cited India’s election system as a model for the US, bringing the world’s largest democracy into a contentious American debate over voter access and election security.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he aims to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a regional forum next week, while calling for stepped-up trade cooperation between the two nations.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization meet will be held in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on August 31-September 1.

India put parts of two of its northern states on high alert as floodwaters from neighboring Nepal headed toward the border, while 133 citizens were among tourists missing after catastrophic flash floods swept through the Himalayan nation.

Dozens of pilgrims from India and other countries are missing after catastrophic floods tore through the Nepal-China border region, turning a journey to one of the Himalayas’ holiest sites into a search for loved ones.

Nepal urged international travelers not to abandon the Himalayas, declaring the country open for tourism as it continues to assess the human and economic toll from catastrophic floods that killed hundreds and left thousands missing.

Declaring the country open for tourism as it continues to assess the human and economic toll from catastrophic floods that killed more than a thousand people.

Nepal urged international travelers not to abandon the Himalayas, declaring the country open for tourism as it continues to assess the human and economic toll from catastrophic floods that killed more than a thousand people.

India will finalize a trade deal with the US once Washington offers tariff terms that give exporters an advantage over competitors, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said, signaling a key sticking point in protracted negotiations between the two countries.

India’s exporters are getting little help from a weaker rupee as high tariffs and gaps in domestic manufacturing blunt the benefits, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.